Haswell War Memorial

The tall, polished grey granite memorial stands in the churchyard of St Paul’s Church (unlisted). It takes the form of a small Latin cross standing on the corniced top of a large, tapering pedestal. The pedestal stands on a two-stepped base (a granite upper step, whilst the lower is concrete). The plain entablature below the cornice is decorated with lightly incised patterns which are repeated below, above the inscriptions.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads "GREATER LOVE HATH NO/ MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS." / ROLL OF HONOUR/ NAMES OF THE MEN/ FROM THE PARISH OF HASWELL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ “THEIR BRIGHT SPIRITS STILL/ TENANT THE HEARTS OF THOSE/ WHO LOVED THEM. THEY LIE/ IMPERISHABLY FAIR, CROWNED/ WITH THE GARLANDS OF/ IMMORTAL YOUTH. The commemorated names are listed on the remaining three sides of the pedestal.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 February 2017.